By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com
I had hoped a good nightâs sleep would refresh me this morning, giving me a chance to look back on what we witnessed last night with a fresh set of eyes and a fresh outlook.
I didnât get that sleep-filled respite. I awoke this morning around 3; my wife had been up about an hour already.
We watched the presidential election returns roll in Tuesday night, then went to bed thinking the worst was about to happen ⌠that Donald J. Trump would squeak/slither his way to a second term.
I heard he declared âvictoryâ about 2 a.m. I am glad I was dosing when he did that.
Then, lo and behold, after sitting up for a time during the wee hours with my wife and after going back to the rack for a couple of hours, I found out this morning that Joe Biden took the lead in Wisconsin, that his lead in Nevada was holding, that he then took the lead in Michigan.
If he wins those three states, he gets to 270 electoral votes. He is elected president. He can begin transitioning from private citizen to commander in chief and head of state.
Oh, but wait! Trump likely wonât allow that to happen. Heâs going to take this matter to the highest court in the land, with its three justices whom Trump nominated and the Senate confirmed. What in the world is he going to challenge? That the vote counting was done illegally? That someone âriggedâ the election to produce a Biden victory? That Martians landed on Earth overnight and voted illegally for the former vice president?
He hasnât produced a shred of evidence of anything being done illegally.
That brings me to this point, which is that if the Supreme Courtâs justices have any sense of honor they will toss whatever complaint Trump brings to them into the crapper and say the allegations are without merit and do not deserve to be heard.
I have this strange belief that the court would do the right thing.
With that I feel a good bit better than I did when I went to bed last night. I now must come to grips with how Donald Trump managed to make this election as close as it has turned out to be.
More on that later.
He takes the lead after a couple hundred ballots all of a sudden appear. Nothing could be fishy about that.
There will be a lot of pollsters looking for new careers.
Agree with last point.
You do realize that the media and all the witch hunts by Democrats have created all the skepticism of the ballot counting. Dems have shown, and stated specifically by Pelosi and Schumer,, theyâd do whatever it takes to get Trump out. Making those statements would certainly make anyone skeptical at this time. Especially when see the ballot counting is in Democratic cities and not allowing Republican poll watchers to oversee.